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Raptania CN, Zakia S, Fahira AI, Amalia R. Article review: Brazilin as potential anticancer agent. Front Pharmacol 2024; 15:1355533. [PMID: 38515856 PMCID: PMC10955326 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2024.1355533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
Abstract
Brazilin is the main compound in Caesalpinia sappan and Haematoxylum braziletto, which is identified as a homoisoflavonoid based on its molecular structure. These plants are traditionally used as an anti-inflammatory to treat fever, hemorrhage, rheumatism, skin problems, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Recently, brazilin has increased its interest in cancer studies. Several findings have shown that brazilin has cytotoxic effects on colorectal cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, multiple myeloma, osteosarcoma, cervical cancer, bladder carcinoma, also other cancers, along with numerous facts about its possible mechanisms that will be discussed. Besides its flavonoid content, brazilin is able to chelate metal ions. A study has proved that brazilin could be used as an antituberculosis agent based on its ability to chelate iron. This possible iron-chelating of brazilin and all the studies discussed in this review will lead us to the statement that, in the future, brazilin has the potency to be a chemo-preventive and anticancer agent. The article review aimed to determine the brazilin mechanism and pathogenesis of cancer.
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- Callista Najla Raptania
- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
- Center of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Care Innovation, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia
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Komoto K, Nomoto T, El Muttaqien S, Takemoto H, Matsui M, Miura Y, Nishiyama N. Iron chelation cancer therapy using hydrophilic block copolymers conjugated with deferoxamine. Cancer Sci 2020; 112:410-421. [PMID: 32770631 PMCID: PMC7780030 DOI: 10.1111/cas.14607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 08/02/2020] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Cancer cells have high iron requirements due to their rapid growth and proliferation. Iron depletion using iron chelators has a potential in cancer treatment. Previous studies have demonstrated that deferoxamine (DFO) specifically chelates Fe(III) and exhibited antitumor activity in clinical studies. However, its poor pharmacokinetics has limited the therapeutic potential and practical application. Although polymeric iron chelators have been developed to increase the blood retention, none of previous studies has demonstrated their potential in iron chelation cancer therapy. Here, we developed polymeric DFO by the covalent conjugation of DFO to poly(ethylene glycol)‐poly(aspartic acid) (PEG‐PAsp) block copolymers. The polymeric DFO exhibited iron‐chelating ability comparable with free DFO, thereby arresting cell cycle and inducing apoptosis and antiproliferative activity. After intravenous administration, the polymeric DFO showed marked increase in blood retention and tumor accumulation in subcutaneous tumor models. Consequently, polymeric DFO showed significant suppression of the tumor growth compared with free DFO. This study reveals the first success of the design of polymeric DFO for enhancing iron chelation cancer therapy.
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- Kana Komoto
- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Center for Pharmaceutical and Medical Technology, Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), LAPTIAB I, PUSPIPTEK, Serpong, Indonesia
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan
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- Laboratory for Chemistry and Life Science, Institute of Innovative Research, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Department of Life Science and Technology, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan.,Innovation Center of Nanomedicine (iCONM), Kawasaki Institute of Industrial Promotion, Kawasaki, Japan
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Bajbouj K, Shafarin J, Hamad M. High-Dose Deferoxamine Treatment Disrupts Intracellular Iron Homeostasis, Reduces Growth, and Induces Apoptosis in Metastatic and Nonmetastatic Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2018; 17:1533033818764470. [PMID: 29562821 PMCID: PMC5865460 DOI: 10.1177/1533033818764470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mounting evidence suggest that iron overload enhances cancer growth and metastasis; hence, iron chelation is being increasingly used as part of the treatment regimen in patients with cancer. Now whether iron chelation depletes intracellular iron and/or disrupts intracellular iron homeostasis is yet to be fully addressed. MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells treated with increasing concentrations of the iron chelator deferoxamine were assessed for intracellular iron status, the expression of key proteins involved in iron metabolism, cell viability, growth potential, and apoptosis at different time points following treatment. Treatment with deferoxamine at 1, 5, or 10 μM for 24 or 48 hours, while not leading to significant changes in intracellular labile iron content, upregulated the expression of hepcidin, ferroportin, and transferrin receptors 1 and 2. In contrast, deferoxamine at 30, 100, or 300 μM for 24 hours induced a significant decrease in intracellular labile iron, which was associated with increased expression of hepcidin, ferritin, and transferrin receptors 1 and 2. At 48 hours, there was an increase in intracellular labile iron, which was associated with a significant reduction in hepcidin and ferritin expression and a significant increase in ferroportin expression. Although low-dose deferoxamine treatment resulted in a low to moderate decrease in MCF-7 cell growth, high-dose treatment resulted in a significant and precipitous decrease in cell viability and growth, which was associated with increased expression of phosphorylated Histone 2A family member X and near absence of survivin. High-dose deferoxamine treatment also resulted in a very pronounced reduction in wound healing and growth in MDA-MB-231 cells. These findings suggest that high-dose deferoxamine treatment disrupts intracellular iron homeostasis, reduces cell viability and growth, and enhances apoptosis in breast cancer cells. This is further evidence to the potential utility of iron chelation as an adjunctive therapy in iron-overloaded cancers.
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- Khuloud Bajbouj
- 1 Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- 1 Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- 1 Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.,2 Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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SDF-1 chemokine signalling modulates the apoptotic responses to iron deprivation of clathrin-depleted DT40 cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e106278. [PMID: 25162584 PMCID: PMC4146602 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We have previously deleted both endogenous copies of the clathrin heavy-chain gene in the chicken pre B-cell-line DT40 and replaced them with clathrin under the control of a tetracycline-regulatable promoter (Tet-Off). The originally derived cell-line DKO-S underwent apoptosis when clathrin expression was repressed. We have also described a cell-line DKO-R derived from DKO-S cells that was less sensitive to clathrin-depletion. Here we show that the restriction of transferrin uptake, resulting in iron deprivation, is responsible for the lethal consequence of clathrin-depletion. We further show that the DKO-R cells have up-regulated an anti-apoptotic survival pathway based on the chemokine SDF-1 and its receptor CXCR4. Our work clarifies several puzzling features of clathrin-depleted DT40 cells and reveals an example of how SDF-1/CXCR4 signalling can abrogate pro-apoptotic pathways and increase cell survival. We propose that the phenomenon described here has implications for the therapeutic approach to a variety of cancers.
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Xu N, Dong Y, Cheng X, Yu Q, Qian K, Mao J, Jia C, Ding X, Zhang B, Chen Y, Zhang B, Xing L, Li M. Cellular iron homeostasis mediated by the Mrs4–Ccc1–Smf3 pathway is essential for mitochondrial function, morphogenesis and virulence in Candida albicans. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2014; 1843:629-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pérez LB, Li J, Lantvit DD, Pan L, Ninh TN, Chai HB, Soejarto DD, Swanson SM, Lucas DM, Kinghorn AD. Bioactive constituents of Indigofera spicata. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2013; 76:1498-504. [PMID: 23895019 PMCID: PMC3806331 DOI: 10.1021/np400567c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Four new flavanones, designated as (+)-5″-deacetylpurpurin (1), (+)-5-methoxypurpurin (2), (2S)-2,3-dihydrotephroglabrin (3), and (2S)-2,3-dihydrotephroapollin C (4), together with two known flavanones (5 and 6), three known rotenoids (7-9), and one known chalcone (10) were isolated from a chloroform-soluble partition of a methanol extract from the combined flowers, fruits, leaves, and twigs of Indigofera spicata, collected in Vietnam. The compounds were obtained by bioactivity-guided isolation using the HT-29 human colon cancer, 697 human acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and Raji human Burkitt's lymphoma cell lines. The structures of 1-4 were established by extensive 1D- and 2D-NMR experiments, and the absolute configurations were determined by the measurement of specific rotations and CD spectra. The cytotoxic activities of the isolated compounds were tested against the HT-29, 697, Raji, and CCD-112CoN human normal colon cells. Also, the quinone reductase induction activities of the isolates were determined using the Hepa 1c1c7 murine hepatoma cell line. In addition, cis-(6aβ,12aβ)-hydroxyrotenone (7) was evaluated in an in vivo hollow fiber bioassay using HT-29, MCF-7 human breast cancer, and MDA-MB-435 human melanoma cells.
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- Lynette Bueno Pérez
- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United
States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United
States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
60612, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United
States
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- Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources,
Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology, Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi,
Vietnam
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United
States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
60612, United States
- Science and Education, Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake
Shore Dr., Chicago, IL 60605, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
60612, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United
States
- Division of Hematology, College of Medicine, The
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United States
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- Division of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy,
College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, United
States
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Jelínek M, Balušíková K, Kopperová D, Nĕmcová-Fürstová V, Šrámek J, Fidlerová J, Zanardi I, Ojima I, Kovář J. Caspase-2 is involved in cell death induction by taxanes in breast cancer cells. Cancer Cell Int 2013; 13:42. [PMID: 23672670 PMCID: PMC3685568 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2867-13-42] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We studied the role of caspase-2 in apoptosis induction by taxanes (paclitaxel, novel taxane SB-T-1216) in breast cancer cells using SK-BR-3 (nonfunctional p53, functional caspase-3) and MCF-7 (functional p53, nonfunctional caspase-3) cell lines. RESULTS Both taxanes induced apoptosis in SK-BR-3 as well as MCF-7 cells. Caspase-2 activity in SK-BR-3 cells increased approximately 15-fold within 48 h after the application of both taxanes at the death-inducing concentration (100 nM). In MCF-7 cells, caspase-2 activity increased approximately 11-fold within 60 h after the application of taxanes (300 nM). Caspase-2 activation was confirmed by decreasing levels of procaspase-2, increasing levels of cleaved caspase-2 and the cleavage of caspase-2 substrate golgin-160. The inhibition of caspase-2 expression using siRNA increased the number of surviving cells more than 2-fold in MCF-7 cells, and at least 4-fold in SK-BR-3 cells, 96 h after the application of death-inducing concentration of taxanes. The inhibition of caspase-2 expression also resulted in decreased cleavage of initiator caspases (caspase-8, caspase-9) as well as executioner caspases (caspase-3, caspase-7) in both cell lines after the application of taxanes. In control cells, caspase-2 seemed to be mainly localized in the nucleus. After the application of taxanes, it was released from the nucleus to the cytosol, due to the long-term disintegration of the nuclear envelope, in both cell lines. Taxane application led to some formation of PIDDosome complex in both cell lines within 24 h after the application. After taxane application, p21WAF1/CIP1 expression was only induced in MCF-7 cells with functional p53. However, taxane application did not result in a significant increase of PIDD expression in either SK-BR-3 or MCF-7 cells. The inhibition of RAIDD expression using siRNA did not affect the number of surviving SK-BR-3 and MCF-7 cells after taxane application at all. CONCLUSION Caspase-2 is required, at least partially, for apoptosis induction by taxanes in tested breast cancer cells. We suggest that caspase-2 plays the role of an apical caspase in these cells. Caspase-2 seems to be activated via other mechanism than PIDDosome formation. It follows the release of caspase-2 from the nucleus to the cytosol.
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Macková E, Hrušková K, Bendová P, Vávrová A, Jansová H, Hašková P, Kovaříková P, Vávrová K, Šimůnek T. Methyl and ethyl ketone analogs of salicylaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone: Novel iron chelators with selective antiproliferative action. Chem Biol Interact 2012; 197:69-79. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2012.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2011] [Revised: 03/13/2012] [Accepted: 03/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Isobe T, Baba E, Arita S, Komoda M, Tamura S, Shirakawa T, Ariyama H, Takaishi S, Kusaba H, Ueki T, Akashi K. Human STEAP3 maintains tumor growth under hypoferric condition. Exp Cell Res 2011; 317:2582-91. [PMID: 21871451 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2011.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2011] [Revised: 07/16/2011] [Accepted: 07/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Iron is essential in cellular proliferation and survival based on its crucial roles in DNA and ATP synthesis. Tumor cells proliferate rapidly even in patients with low serum iron, although their actual mechanisms are not well known. To elucidate molecular mechanisms of efficient tumor progression under the hypoferric condition, we studied the roles of six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate family member 3 (STEAP3), which was reported to facilitate iron uptake. Using Raji cells with low STEAP3 mRNA expression, human STEAP3-overexpressing cells were established. The impact of STEAP3 expression was analyzed about the amount of iron storage, the survival under hypoferric conditions in vitro and the growth of tumor in vivo. STEAP3 overexpression increased ferritin, an indicator of iron storage, in STEAP3-overexpressing Raji cells. STEAP3 gave Raji cells the resistance to iron deprivation-induced apoptosis. These STEAP3-overexpressing Raji cells preserved efficient growth even in hypoferric mice, while parental Raji cells grew less rapidly. In addition, iron deficiency enhanced STEAP3 mRNA expression in tumor cells. Furthermore, human colorectal cancer tissues exhibited more STEAP3 mRNA expression and iron storage compared with normal colon mucosa. These findings indicate that STEAP3 maintains iron storage in human malignant cells and tumor proliferation under the hypoferric condition.
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- Taichi Isobe
- Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Kell DB. Towards a unifying, systems biology understanding of large-scale cellular death and destruction caused by poorly liganded iron: Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, prions, bactericides, chemical toxicology and others as examples. Arch Toxicol 2010; 84:825-89. [PMID: 20967426 PMCID: PMC2988997 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-010-0577-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/14/2010] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Exposure to a variety of toxins and/or infectious agents leads to disease, degeneration and death, often characterised by circumstances in which cells or tissues do not merely die and cease to function but may be more or less entirely obliterated. It is then legitimate to ask the question as to whether, despite the many kinds of agent involved, there may be at least some unifying mechanisms of such cell death and destruction. I summarise the evidence that in a great many cases, one underlying mechanism, providing major stresses of this type, entails continuing and autocatalytic production (based on positive feedback mechanisms) of hydroxyl radicals via Fenton chemistry involving poorly liganded iron, leading to cell death via apoptosis (probably including via pathways induced by changes in the NF-κB system). While every pathway is in some sense connected to every other one, I highlight the literature evidence suggesting that the degenerative effects of many diseases and toxicological insults converge on iron dysregulation. This highlights specifically the role of iron metabolism, and the detailed speciation of iron, in chemical and other toxicology, and has significant implications for the use of iron chelating substances (probably in partnership with appropriate anti-oxidants) as nutritional or therapeutic agents in inhibiting both the progression of these mainly degenerative diseases and the sequelae of both chronic and acute toxin exposure. The complexity of biochemical networks, especially those involving autocatalytic behaviour and positive feedbacks, means that multiple interventions (e.g. of iron chelators plus antioxidants) are likely to prove most effective. A variety of systems biology approaches, that I summarise, can predict both the mechanisms involved in these cell death pathways and the optimal sites of action for nutritional or pharmacological interventions.
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- Douglas B Kell
- School of Chemistry and the Manchester Interdisciplinary Biocentre, The University of Manchester, Manchester M1 7DN, UK.
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Cell death induced by novel fluorinated taxanes in drug-sensitive and drug-resistant cancer cells. Invest New Drugs 2009; 29:411-23. [PMID: 20013348 DOI: 10.1007/s10637-009-9368-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The aim of this study is to compare the effects of new fluorinated taxanes SB-T-12851, SB-T-12852, SB-T-12853, and SB-T-12854 with those of the classical taxane paclitaxel and novel non-fluorinated taxane SB-T-1216 on cancer cells. Paclitaxel-sensitive MDA-MB-435 and paclitaxel-resistant NCI/ADR-RES human cancer cell lines were used. Cell growth and survival evaluation, colorimetric assessment of caspases activities, flow cytometric analyses of the cell cycle and the assessment of mitochondrial membrane potential, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria were employed. Fluorinated taxanes have similar effects on cell growth and survival. For MDA-MB-435 cells, the C(50) of SB-T-12851, SB-T-12852, SB-T-12853 and SB-T-12854 was 3 nM, 4 nM, 3 nM and 5 nM, respectively. For NCI/ADR-RES cells, the C(50) of SB-T-12851, SB-T-12852, SB-T-12853, and SB-T-12854 was 20 nM, 20 nM, 10 nM and 10 nM, respectively. Selected fluorinated taxanes, SB-T-12853 and SB-T-12854, at the death-inducing concentrations (30 nM for MDA-MB-435 and 300 nM for NCI/ADR-RES) were shown to activate significantly caspase-3, caspase-9, caspase-2 and also slightly caspase-8. Cell death was associated with significant accumulation of cells in the G(2)/M phase. Cytochrome c was not released from mitochondria and other mitochondrial functions were not significantly impaired. The new fluorinated taxanes appear to use the same or similar mechanisms of cell death induction as compared with SB-T-1216 and paclitaxel. New fluorinated and non-fluorinated taxanes are more effective against drug-resistant cancer cells than paclitaxel. Therefore, new generation of taxanes, either non-fluorinated or fluorinated, are excellent candidates for further and detailed studies.
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Lee J, Huang MS, Yang IC, Lai TC, Wang JL, Pang VF, Hsiao M, Kuo MY. Essential roles of caspases and their upstream regulators in rotenone-induced apoptosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 371:33-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.03.149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2008] [Accepted: 03/26/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Formigari A, Irato P, Santon A. Zinc, antioxidant systems and metallothionein in metal mediated-apoptosis: biochemical and cytochemical aspects. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol 2007; 146:443-59. [PMID: 17716951 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2007.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2007] [Revised: 07/23/2007] [Accepted: 07/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Copper, zinc and iron are essential metals for different physiological functions, even though their excess can lead to biological damage. This review provides a background of toxicity related to copper, iron and zinc excess, biological mechanisms of their homeostasis and their respective roles in the apoptotic process. The antioxidant action of metallothionein has been highlighted by summarizing the most important findings that confirm the role of zinc in cellular protection in relation to metallothionein expression and apoptotic processes. In particular, we show that a complex and efficient antioxidant system, the induction of metallothionein and the direct action of zinc have protective roles against oxidative damage and the resulting apoptosis induced by metals with redox proprieties. In addition, to emphasize the protective effects of Zn and Zn-MT in Cu and Fe-mediated oxidative stress-dependent apoptosis, some aspects of apoptotic cell death are shown. The most widely used cytochemical techniques also have been examined in order to critically evaluate the available data from a methodological point of view. The observations on the role of Zn and MT could potentially develop new applications for this metal and MT in biomedical research.
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Koc M, Nad’ová Z, Kovář J. Sensitivity of cells to apoptosis induced by iron deprivation can be reversibly changed by iron availability. Cell Prolif 2007; 39:551-61. [PMID: 17109638 PMCID: PMC6495871 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2006.00411.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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We tested the effect of iron deprivation on cell death induction in human Raji cells pre-adapted to differing availability of extracellular iron. Iron deprivation was achieved by incubation in a defined iron-free medium. Original Raji cells have previously been adapted to long-term culture in a defined medium with 5 microg/ml of iron-saturated human transferrin as a source of iron. Raji/lowFe cells were derived from original Raji cells by subsequent adaptation to culture in the medium with 50 microm ferric citrate as a source of iron. Raji/lowFe-re cells were derived from Raji/lowFe cells by re-adaptation to the transferrin-containing (5 microg/ml) medium. Iron deprivation induced cell death in both Raji cells and Raji/lowFe-re cells; that is, cells pre-adapted to a near optimum source of extracellular iron (5 microg/ml of transferrin). However, Raji/lowFe cells preadapted to a limited source of extracellular iron (50 microm ferric citrate) became resistant to the induction of cell death by iron deprivation. We demonstrated that cell death induction by iron deprivation in Raji cells correlates with the activation of executioner caspase-3 and the cleavage of caspase-3 substrate, poly-ADP ribose polymerase. Two other executioner caspases, caspase-7 and caspase-6, were not activated. Taken together, we suggest that in human Raji cells, iron deprivation induces apoptotic cell death related to caspase-3 activation. However, the sensitivity of the cells to death induction by iron deprivation can be reversibly changed by extracellular iron availability. The cells pre-adapted to a limited source of extracellular iron became resistant.
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- M. Koc
- Department of Cell Signalling and Apoptosis, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, and
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- Department of Cell Signalling and Apoptosis, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, and
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- Department of Cell Signalling and Apoptosis, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, and
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Third Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Koc M, Nad'ová Z, Truksa J, Ehrlichová M, Kovár J. Iron deprivation induces apoptosis via mitochondrial changes related to Bax translocation. Apoptosis 2005; 10:381-93. [PMID: 15843899 DOI: 10.1007/s10495-005-0812-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In order to elucidate the mechanisms involved in apoptosis induction by iron deprivation, we compared cells sensitive (38C13) and resistant (EL4) to apoptosis induced by iron deprivation. Iron deprivation was achieved by incubation in a defined iron-free medium. We detected the activation of caspase-3 as well as the activation of caspase-9 in sensitive cells but not in resistant cells under iron deprivation. Iron deprivation led to the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria into the cytosol only in sensitive cells but it did not affect the cytosolic localization of Apaf-1 in both sensitive and resistant cells. The mitochondrial membrane potential (Deltapsi(m)) was dissipated within 24 h in sensitive cells due to iron deprivation. The antiapoptotic Bcl-2 protein was found to be associated with mitochondria in both sensitive and resistant cells and the association did not change under iron deprivation. On the other hand, under iron deprivation we detected translocation of the proapoptotic Bax protein from the cytosol to mitochondria in sensitive cells but not in resistant cells. Taken together, we suggest that iron deprivation induces apoptosis via mitochondrial changes concerning proapoptotic Bax translocation to mitochondria, collapse of the mitochondrial membrane potential, release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, and activation of caspase-9 and caspase-3.
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- M Koc
- Cell Growth Control Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeñská 1083, Prague, Czech Republic
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Choy JH, Jung JS, Oh JM, Park M, Jeong J, Kang YK, Han OJ. Layered double hydroxide as an efficient drug reservoir for folate derivatives. Biomaterials 2004; 25:3059-64. [PMID: 14967539 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2003.09.083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2003] [Accepted: 09/19/2003] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Folic acid derivatives such as folinic acid and methotrexate (MTX) have been successfully hybridized with layered double hydroxide (LDH) by ion-exchange reaction. The X-ray diffraction patterns and spectroscopic analyses indicate that these molecules intercalated into the hydroxide interlayer space are stabilized in the tilted longitudinal monolayer mode by electrostatic interaction. No significant changes in their structural and functional properties are found in the hybrids. The cellular uptake test of MTX-LDH hybrid is carried out in the fibroblast (human tendon) and SaOS-2 cell line (Osteosarcoma, human) by in vitro MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl) 2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide) assay. The initial proliferation of SaOS-2 cell is more strongly suppressed by treatment with MTX-LDH hybrid than with MTX alone. This study clearly shows that LDH not only plays a role as a biocompatible-delivery matrix for drugs but also facilitates a significant increase in the delivery efficiency.
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- Jin-Ho Choy
- National Nanohybrid Materials Laboratory, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul 151 747, South Korea.
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Fassl S, Leisser C, Huettenbrenner S, Maier S, Rosenberger G, Strasser S, Grusch M, Fuhrmann G, Leuhuber K, Polgar D, Stani J, Tichy B, Nowotny C, Krupitza G. Transferrin ensures survival of ovarian carcinoma cells when apoptosis is induced by TNFα, FasL, TRAIL, or Myc. Oncogene 2003; 22:8343-55. [PMID: 14614458 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The activation of Myc induces apoptosis of human ovarian adenocarcinoma N.1 cells when serum factors are limited. However, the downstream mechanism that is triggered by Myc is unknown. Myc-activation and treatment with the proapoptotic ligands TNFalpha, FasL, and TRAIL induced H-ferritin expression under serum-deprived conditions. H-ferritin chelates intracellular iron and also intracellular iron sequestration by deferoxamine-induced apoptosis of N.1 cells. Supplementation of serum-free medium with holo-transferrin blocked apoptosis of N.1 cells that was induced by Myc-activation or by treatment with TNFalpha, FasL, and TRAIL, whereas apotransferrin did not prevent apoptosis. This suggests that intracellular iron depletion was a trigger for apoptosis and that transferrin-bound iron rescued N.1 cells. Furthermore, apoptosis of primary human ovarian carcinoma cells, which was induced by TNFalpha, FasL, and TRAIL, was also inhibited by holo-transferrin. The data suggest that Myc-activation, FasL, TNFalpha, and TRAIL disturbed cellular iron homeostasis, which triggered apoptosis of ovarian carcinoma cells and that transferrin iron ensured survival by re-establishing this homeostasis.
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- Sandra Fassl
- Institute of Clinical Pathology, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Truksa J, Kovář J, Valenta T, Ehrlichová M, Polák J, Naumann PW. Iron deprivation induces apoptosis independently of p53 in human and murine tumour cells. Cell Prolif 2003; 36:199-213. [PMID: 12950389 PMCID: PMC6496379 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2184.2003.00280.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Iron deprivation induces apoptosis in some sensitive cultured tumour cells, while other cells are resistant. In order to elucidate the mechanisms involved in apoptosis induction by iron deprivation, we studied the expression of p53 and the expression of selected p53-regulated genes. To discriminate between changes coupled only with iron deprivation and changes involved in apoptosis induction by iron deprivation, we compared the expression of the genes in sensitive (human Raji, mouse 38C13) versus resistant (human HeLa, mouse EL4) cells under iron deprivation. Iron deprivation was achieved by incubation in a defined iron-free medium. The level of p53 mRNA decreased significantly under iron deprivation in sensitive cells, but it did not change in resistant cells. On the contrary, the level of the p53 protein under iron deprivation was slightly increased in sensitive cells while it was not changed in resistant cells. The activity of p53 was assessed by the expression of selected p53-regulated targets, i.e. p21(WAF1/CIP1) gene, mdm2, bcl-2 and bax. We did not detect any relevant change in mRNA levels as well as in protein levels of these genes under iron deprivation with the exception of p21(WAF1/CIP1). We detected a significant increase in the level of p21 mRNA in both (sensitive and resistant) mouse cell lines tested, however, we did not find any change in both (sensitive and resistant) human cell lines. Moreover, the p21(WAF1/CIP1) protein was accumulated in mouse-sensitive 38C13 cells under iron deprivation while all other cell lines tested, including human-sensitive cell line Raji, did not show any accumulation of p21(WAF1/CIP1) protein. It seems that the p21(WAF1/CIP1) mRNA, as well as protein accumulation, is not specifically coupled with apoptosis induction by iron deprivation and that it is rather cell-line specific. Taken together, we suggest that iron deprivation induces apoptosis at least in some cell types independently of the p53 pathway.
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- J. Truksa
- Cell Growth Control Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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- Cell Growth Control Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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- Cell Growth Control Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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- Cell Growth Control Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion, Prague, Czech Republic and
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- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, USA
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Armstrong JS, Hornung B, Lecane P, Jones DP, Knox SJ. Rotenone-induced G2/M cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in a human B lymphoma cell line PW. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2001; 289:973-8. [PMID: 11741286 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2001.6054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Concentrations of rotenone (ROT) that block electron flow through mitochondrial complex I (100 nM) did not significantly alter either cell viability or the growth of PW cells. However, 10- to 50-fold higher concentrations (1-5 microM) were found to induce a dose-dependent cell cycle arrest predominantly at the G2/M stage of the cycle and apoptosis. Apoptosis was dependent on the cell cycle arrest, since apoptosis but not the G2/M arrest was prevented with the broad spectrum caspase inhibitor zVADfmk. Biochemical features of apoptosis included mitochondrial cytochrome c release, reactive oxygen species generation, and the activation of procaspase 3. Thus, ROT inhibition of mitochondrial electron transport may be insufficient to induce apoptosis in PW cells. Instead, apoptosis in these cells occurs as a consequence of disruption of the cell cycle and is only indirectly dependent upon mitochondrial electron transport.
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- J S Armstrong
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305-5105, USA.
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